Belt buckle



M. l. GANS July 23; 1929. 2

BELT BUCKLE Filed March :51, 1926 ZT/0111129 azzs ATTORNEY y Patented July Z3, i929,

MNETEB 'STATES tiziana MORRIS I. GANS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y,

BELT BUCKLE.

Application led. March 31, 1925. Serial No. 98,809.

This invention relates to improvements in belt buckles. Y a K' The primary object of the invention resides in the construction of a belt buckle which embodies a means for preventing the shifting of the buckle and belt about the waist of the wearer', when the buckle is in clamping engagement with the free end of the belt.

Another object of the invention is to provide a swingable'hook member on a belt buckle for engagement with the top button of the fly of a pair of mens trousers, so that the buckle is held in position to conceal the button, and which also prevents the buckle from slipping above the waist band of the trousers, relieving the wearer of an uncomfortable feeling and giving to him a neat appearance.

A further object resides in a belt buckle which is simple in construction inexpensive of manufacture and strong and durable for the purpose intended.

With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in certain novel construction and combination andV arrangement of parts, the essential features of which are hereinafter fully described, are particularly pointed out in the appended claim, and are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved belt buckle looking toward the rear thereof.

Figure 2 is a view of the buckle in engagement with the top button of a pair of trousers.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 2. f

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the reference numeral 1() designates my improved belt buckle in its entirety, and which includes a metal frame 11 having its longitudinal edges bent back at right angle to provide spaced opposed vflanges 12, 12 Awhich define a passage through which the free .end of a belt is adapted to pass. The other end of the belt is connected with the buckle by any suitable attaching means 13 disposed at one end thereof. In the present insta-nce, I have shown that form of attaching means commonly employed for this purpose and which includes a plate 14e plvoted to the frame and which plate in turn carries a pivoted clamping lever 15. One

end of the belt is passedvbetween the plate 14; and the lever 1.5, after which the lever is prletssed into gripping engagement with the The buckle also embodies a clamping means 16 for detachably holding the lfreeA end of the belt and which means comprises a pair ofropposed slots 17 in the flanges 12,

which are arranged at an angle with respect to the longitudinal center of the flanges and within which the ends of a locking-barf'lS is movable. Then the lock-ing bar is forced toward the front end of the slot with the free end of the belt passing through the buckle, the same servesk to lock the end against accidental movement. This means is also old in the art and no claim is made to this particular construction, but has merely been shown in combination with `a hook member 19, now to be described.

The hook member 19 is constructed of a flat piece of metal and comprises a body portion 2O from which extends oppositely disposed pintles 21 which have their bearings in openings 22provided in the flanges 12 adjacent the entrance end of the passage defined by the flanges and the front wall of the buckle. The bill of the hook member is swingable beyond one end of the buckle, but when in normal position, the same lies within the confines of the frame asshown in Figure'2 of the drawing. l

In'practice, the buckle is attached to one end of the belt by the attaching means 13 in the manner also described and when applying the belt to the waist of a wearer, the same is inserted through the loops on the waist band of a pair of trousers 23. The hook member 19 is then swung outward and inserted between the overlapping portions of the fly of the trousers so that the threads which fasten the top button 24 or clasp to the trousers is received in the hook portion. The buckle is then swung back to a position to lie fiat against the waist band and conceals the top button from view: The free end of the belt is then inserted through the entrance end of the passage and is pulled tight about the waist after which the clamping means 16 is operated to hold the free end in its adjusted position. It will now be seen that the hook member. by rea-` son of its engagement with the button, pre-- vents shifting of thebelt and serves to support the front of the trousers. This will eliminate the necessity of providing loops at the front of the Waist band of the trousers Which sometime interfere with the connection' of the free end with the buckle. The buckle is always held in a front position so as to conceal the top button, thereby imparting a neat appearance to the wearer.. A belt equipped With my improved belt buckle may be left relatively loose When adjusted to the waist of a wearer and yet provide suflicient holding means for thev trousers.

Vhile I have described What I deem to Y be the mostdesirable embodiment of my invention, it is obvious lthat many of the details may be varied Without in any Way departing from the spirit of my invention, andfI therefore do not limit myself to the eXact details of construction hereinset forth nor to anything less than the Whole of my invention limited only by the appended claim. f

That is claimed as new is v A belt buckle comprising a base plate having parallel side anges formed longitudinally of the base plate for guiding a strap, a gripping plate pivoted to the flanges at -one end ofthe base plate, an angular cla-W other end of belt, said hook plate adaptedto overlap said post and having an upturned hooked end for engaging With a trouser button. y

In testimony WhereOf I have aliXed my signature. f c Y MORRIS I. GANS. 

